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While various groups continue to press the government to allow airline pilots to fly beyond the age of 60, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association says allowing controllers to work beyond the age of 56 “is fraught with considerable problems of controller health, manpower distribution, and the general safety of America’s flying public.” Eugene R. […]

Andrew Kerans, vice president of AOPA Australia, wrote to us to clarify that his group is NOT condoning a no-radio no-transponder protest of Australia’s new airspace rules. “We encourage all pilots to show that they are angry” about the policy, AOPA-Australia President Ron Bertram said in a news release on Thursday. However, “we don’t support […]

Bob Mackey, of Falcon Insurance, says the premium estimate that was quoted in our Monday edition was not for a Light-Sport Aircraft but for a new Sport Pilot in an Experimental Amateur-Built Aircraft. A new Sport Pilot — as well as other pilots wishing to exercise the flight privileges of a Sport Pilot — flying […]

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https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about cell phones in airliners, spin training, and VFR over-the-top, and a lot of comments on air traffic controller “Jane Doe’s” letter.

_______COLUMNS Motor Head #2: Excerpts from the Oshkosh NotebookAVweb’s new engine columnist, Marc Cook, found fresh tech everywhere he looked at Oshkosh, and some of it for certified airplanes, even.

Red Bull Air Race, coming to Reno Sept. 16-19, now has flight videos and interactive games online… Romanian X Prize contenders successfully launched a rocket to 3,000 feet on Thursday… Oprah Winfrey reportedly is taking ground school to prep for flying lessons… Navy and Marine pilots in San Diego have completed nine months of training […]

A Cirrus SR22 crashed into the Flambeau River in Northern Wisconsin on Friday, killing at least one of the two people on board, one of whom was an instructor with the University of North Dakota. Cirrus Design spokeswoman Kate Andrews told AVweb yesterday that the accident is under investigation by the NTSB, but had no […]